Income support and earning £20 week

AG47 · 14 April 2018 at 7:51PM

We have a friend on income support who has just been told he can earn £20 a week, anything else he earns will get deducted from his benefits.

We are a couple who get income support, can we earn up to 20 week profit after expenses without affecting our benefits?

poppy12345 · 14 April 2018 at 7:58PM

AG47 wrote: »

We have a friend on income support who has just been told he can earn £20 a week, anything else he earns will get deducted from his benefits.

We are a couple who get income support, can we earn up to 20 week profit after expenses without affecting our benefits?

What you can earn without it affecting the Income Support depends on circumstances.
When you work out your earnings, you can exclude the first:

£5 a week if you’re single with no children
£10 a week if you’re claiming as a couple
£20 a week if you’re a single parent, disabled or a carer

That was taken from this link
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/help-if-on-a-low-income/income-support/before-you-claim-income-support/check-if-you-can-get-income-support/

AG47 · 14 April 2018 at 8:12PM

poppy12345 wrote: »

What you can earn without it affecting the Income Support depends on circumstances.
When you work out your earnings, you can exclude the first:
£5 a week if you’re single with no children

£10 a week if you’re claiming as a couple

£20 a week if you’re a single parent, disabled or a carer

That was taken from this link
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/help-if-on-a-low-income/income-support/before-you-claim-income-support/check-if-you-can-get-income-support/